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Russian authorities suspend foreign adoptions · 2007-04-14 17:49
According to Mosnews, since April 12 Russia’s authorities have have halted the work of all foreign adoption agencies in Russia.
The licensing delay is caused by a law that took effect last year. The law imposes new rules on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and complicates registration procedures.
Sergei Vitelis, an official at the Education Ministry's department in charge of adoptions, said: “The licenses of dozens of agencies working in Russia expired Wednesday and it will take officials about two months to consider applications for new ones.”
The delay was caused by technical reasons. “There are no political or other motives here,” Vitelis said.
Justin Herscovici, president of the New York-based Children of the World Adoption agency, said his group filed all the application documents in January to have their license renewed.
“We don't consider this suspension. We consider this reorganization … and we expect to be reaccredited in due course,” Herscovici said.
Russia is the third most important source for U.S. adoptions.
Although some 260,000 Russian children are listed as orphans and potentially eligible for adoption, only about 15,000 find families each year. About half of those children go abroad.
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